Weather permitting, Jackson Street will be closed to through traffic between McLean and Clayton streets starting on Monday for construction of a public sewer.
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Category Archives: Road Reports
North Street closing during street festival
Due to the Medici Craft Beer & Jazz Street Festival on Saturday in Uptown Normal, North Street from Broadway Avenue to Uptown Circle will be signed “No Parking” after 10 a.m.… MORE
Ellsworth Road to close
Ellsworth Road between Ill. Route 9 and Ellsworth-Arrowsmith Road will be closed to through traffic on Monday, weather permitting, for road maintenance in this year.… MORE
Road closure on Ropp Road
Ropp Road between White Oak Road and 1900 North Road will be closed to through traffic on Friday, weather permitting, for road maintenance.… MORE
Bunn Street closed at Norfolk Southern Railway for rail maintenance
Due to Norfolk Southern Railway Maintenance, road closures and sidewalk closures will occur at the rail crossing on Bunn Street between Tri Lakes Road and Veterans Parkway starting Monday and ending Tuesday. … MORE
Abraham Road closed at Norfolk Southern Railway for rail maintenance
Due to Norfolk Southern Railway Maintenance, road closures and sidewalk closures will occur at the rail crossing on Abraham Road between Brokaw Road and Ireland Grove Road on Monday.… MORE
North Allin closure between Washington and Monroe
Starting Monday City of Bloomington crews will begin work opening up Jefferson Street at Allin Street to through traffic (700 Block of West Jefferson).… MORE
Greenbriar Drive closure to continue
By WJBC Staff NORMAL – The road closure on Greenbriar Drive between Ft. Jesse Road and Hoover Drive will continue into the week of July 13. Completion of the water main installation has been delayed due to weather.… MORE
Road closure: Western Avenue closed at Norfolk Southern Railway
Due to Norfolk Southern Railway Maintenance, road closures and sidewalk closures will occur at the rail crossing on Western Ave. between Front St. and Washington St. starting July 10 through July 17.… MORE
Old U.S. 66 bridge replacement in Lexington
The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that starting July 20, 2015 weather permitting; Old US 66 will be reduced to one lane and restricted to 10 feet in width, two miles north of Lexington.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…